Master Plan Rendering of Calvin Campus

Name/Title

Master Plan Rendering of Calvin Campus

Entry/Object ID

2026.4.70

Type of Painting

acrylic on paper

Category

Calvin University, Vault
Architecture

Made/Created

Artist

Perkins & Will

Date made

circa 1960

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image size

Height

21 in

Width

33 in

General Notes

Note Type

Wall Label

Note

This rendering from Perkins & Will was produced before any buildings were actually begun and was intended simp to help the Calvin community (particularly the board) imagine how the new campus might take shape. It aligns with the rest of the 1959 master plan (installed directly across from it) and with the more schematic image of campus (to the left). Although the general placement of buildings largely corresponds to campus as we know it today, the shapes ‹ buildings vary widely from what was, in fact, constructed. Note, for example, the curved forms of Commons and the Administration Building (now Spoelhof Center). The Chapel also looks very different from the structure that was finally built and completed in 1989.